Proud of this challah, it was off the chain

"What we set out to do was nothing less than to explain why humanity instead of entering a truly human state, is sinking into a new kind of barbarism" - Horkheimer and Adorno 1947

"What we set out to do was nothing less than to explain why humanity instead of entering a truly human state, is sinking into a new kind of barbarism" - Horkheimer and Adorno 1947

Just put on new running shoes that make my feet feel better than barefoot

Giving myself a crash course on the American dream literature Folks in this area come up with some great titles!

My son is listening to "Bye, bye, Bye" on repeat. This is day 3 of it. I may need help

I just said no to something

Bought a 1918 cylinder Edison Phonograph and records for $140!

Woke up to the shear joy of my son learning about the new Mario releases I needed that

Why didn't I know about Archive.today until last week? Get the Archive Page extension and be done with paywalls!

Book files submitted!!! 🤞it is on schedule to publish in February 2026 anthempress.com/books/music-...

Today was 103, the hottest day of a mild summer in Arlington, Texas. But when it's hot in September, it feels brutal. I'm guessing it has to do with the position of the sun. But it is really awful

I answered some questions about Jaws www.uta.edu/news/news-re...

Anthropic settled and they've said if they have to pay every author, it would effectively kill Generative AI!!!

Two kites lived in my tree all summer. Several days ago, I saw some hawks doing battle with them. Now 3 hawks live in my tree

Relatedly . . . My brittany, who is always trying to please me, was very proud to bring me a possum this morning

Boxers are highly intelligent dogs that want to train you

I've been following VT football for 25 years. VT lost to UVA two times in that period . . . ON MY BIRTHDAY! VT plays UVA on November 29, they will lose

Looking for an Introduction to Popular Culture textbook? My OER textbook Keepin' Up with Popular Culture is coming very soon Free open access!

European academics have all these cool conferences. I sit here thinking, "man, that is my research!" But there is no chance for me fund that travel . . .

Spent all day building a desk in my new office

I'm starting to book speaking events for 2025-26 academic year. If you're interested in having me speak about my research or give a book talk, feel free to reach out! www.davidarditi.com

Bought a 1918 cylinder Edison Phonograph and records for $140!

Dallas Fort Worth has not had a 100 day yet this year. Beautiful

One of the strangest insights I receive from students is that the music industry doesn't care about appearances anymore. They think that because Lizzo exists, everything is body positivity . . .

Our goal writing Critical Music Industry Studies: To change the way we teach Music Industry Studies. Whereas most programs emphasize the music business, we want students to think beyond "business" and create sustainable and just popular music link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Our goal writing Critical Music Industry Studies: To change the way we teach Music Industry Studies. Whereas most programs emphasize the music business, we want students to think beyond "business" and create sustainable and just popular music link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

For once, I want students in an online course to contact me with questions about *content* and not about *assignments*

Jurassic Park is a great critique of capitalism. And like real capitalism, no one ever listens to its critics

Not "backfire," but rather well-planned over-supply to create an army of reserve labor to lower wages futurism.com/computer-sci...

Summertime ✔️ Classes over ✔️ Book submitted ✔️ k-12 summer ✔️ pool ready

Then the other dog comes over